[Marcella]

“I have tried canned strawberries, but didn’t like the mushiness, but that’s just me.”

I would make Strawberry preserves. I've got that new good water bath canner recipe book full of jelly/jam/preserves of every fruit so I'm sure there is one in there for strawberries. Since I've never canned anything, I go under the assumption I am able to can anything. I've got the water bath canner now and the utensils needed to deal with the canner, but I need pint jars and other ingredients.

[JRandomFreeper]

The volunteer tobacco plant. Cigarette is shown only for scale, I'm not yet growing complete cigarettes. ;)

/johnny

[greeneyes]

Did you get the Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving? They have lots of great recipes. I have made strawberry preserves a long time ago.

The water bath canner is great for fruits and veggies that are acid or that you will pickle. Watermelon rind is good too as a sweet pickle type of snack.

I use the pressure canner for meats.